Chapter 333 Growing Pains

Today is Bai Nianzhi's birthday, and also the most unforgettable birthday in her short thirteen-year life. It occupies a large part of her short first half of life, and is enough for her to remember it in the longer second half of her life.

Daddy said he bought a hairband for Zhizhi and promised to buy her some roasted sweet potatoes. The grandpas at the market were the best at roasting them, but unfortunately Zhizhi had only had one very few times.

Mother secretly took a piece of fine cloth from the small cabinet that she never let Zhizhi touch. It was red and very beautiful. She wanted to make new clothes for Zhizhi. The small cabinet seemed to be called a dowry. Mother said that she would wait until Zhizhi grew up before giving it to her. When would Zhizhi grow up? I really wanted her to grow up quickly!

Uncle Li was a carpenter. He took great care to make a rattle and even stole the rouge that Aunt Li was reluctant to use and painted a lace edge on it. Uncle Li said it was okay and that he had the final say in the family. Uncle Li was lying. Zhizhi heard him being asked by Aunt Li to kneel down as punishment and saw him being beaten severely several times.

Second Aunt wasn't really angry, she just said that Second Uncle shouldn't have taken it secretly, and then gave Zhizhi a grass grasshopper, which was woven with grass leaves. Second Aunt is really skillful, and Zhizhi is too stupid and can never learn it. In the future, I must give a flower drum to Second Aunt's unborn brother. Dad said that this is called reciprocity.

And Fourth Grandpa, Uncle Jiang, Aunt Wang...

This was also Bai Nianzhi's darkest day.

Daddy died, mom died, Uncle Li died, even Auntie who was pregnant died, everyone died.

The hairband daddy gave me broke, and the roasted sweet potato in my arms was stepped on and turned into a pancake, just like daddy, it was crushed by a foot.

The rattles and grasshoppers turned red, stained by the blood of my second uncle and second aunt, just like the whole village, which was all red.

The small cabinet that my mother didn't allow to be touched was kicked over. The scary monsters took a look and said that there was nothing good in it. The things in the cabinet were scattered all over the floor, just like my mother.

Mommy said that on this birthday, Zhizhi will be one year older. Is this growing up? It hurts so much. Daddy said that when you grow up you won’t be able to cry out in pain like you do now. But, Daddy, Zhizhi really hurts!
Mom, Zhizhi doesn’t want to grow up. Zhizhi will be good. Can you come back?
Zhizhi is coming to find you.

This was the scene that Gu Chen saw when he arrived. There were corpses all over the ground, blood and body parts mixed together, like a painting with a strong style, everything was red, and there were broken limbs everywhere.

No wailing could be heard in the village, only dead silence. Not even the barking of dogs or the singing of birds could be heard. It was so quiet that it swallowed up all other sounds.

No, there were also sounds, the mocking laughter of a strange creature.

And the cries of the dead!
And the sad cries of the survivors!

Several strange creatures formed a circle and tossed a ten-year-old child around as if they were playing. The child whimpered and made almost inaudible moans. His rag-like body flew high into the air and became even more shattered under the impact.

Those weird creatures either had sickle limbs or were covered with tentacles, their bodies were cracked with blood pupils, and there were also a few monsters mixed in. There was one monkey-shaped monster in particular that was having a lot of fun. There were also some scattered monsters wandering around, sharing the flesh and blood, picking and choosing, and feasting on them. At a glance, there were about thirty of them, and one of them was particularly huge.

whoosh-

A broken-blade steel knife flew straight towards the monkey demon that was holding the child, piercing into its throat. The steel knife pierced through the monkey demon's body and nailed into the white monster behind it. It struggled like a white maggot, but was nailed to the ground by the steel knife and could not break free.

"who?"

"Humanity!"

"people!"

"kill him!"

"Eat him!" The group of monsters exploded like a frying pan filled with boiling water and rushed towards Gu Chen.

Gu Chen caught the girl. The girl could no longer speak and her tears kept flowing. She didn't even have the strength to cry. Tears ran down her face and fell at the corners of her mouth. Her body kept shaking. That was the body's conditioned reflex to pain.

Bai Nianzhi just felt so painful, it hurt everywhere. Looking at the figure in front of her, she could no longer see the figure clearly. Everything she saw was blood red. She felt waves of stabbing pain on her body, but she couldn't open her mouth to wail.

"Who is it? Is it a god who came to pick me up? A god should know everything, can he bring my parents and everyone back?"

Bai Nianzhi opened her eyes wide. Under the waves of intense pain, she even felt her body numb. There was a slight warmth. The gods were actually glowing. It felt so warm. Then why was the monster wailing?

Gu Chen continuously transferred his magic power into the girl's body. The girl's injuries were too serious, so he didn't dare to transfer too much magic power. Gu Chen had never felt so powerless as he did now. He didn't have many means of treatment, and could only rely on the original power of magic power to keep her alive for the last breath.

He raised his head and looked at the monsters that gathered around him. Those terrifying faces made his hands tremble slightly, but that was not because of fear. Gu Chen had a cold face and touched the white stick behind him. The trembling white stick was like his surging anger.

The strange creatures surrounded a vicious ghost and came forward. The ghost was about two meters tall and looked to weigh more than 800 pounds. The iron rod that was more than two meters long looked tiny in his hand.

"My name in life was Zhu Ming. Human, tell me your name." The evil ghost Zhu Ming looked at the human in front of him.

"Does a weird thing deserve a name?" Gu Chen replied.

"Weird creature? That's what you humans call me. You should call me a ghost fairy!"

Zhu Ming raised the mace and hit it hard, and the ground shook.

Gu Chen continued to supply his mana: "You humans? Could it be that you were not a human before?"

Zhu Ming wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and said, "But I am not a human being now. What's the good of being a human being? I used to be honest and hardworking, running around everywhere, but I only earned a few cents, which was not enough to eat, and I had to be on guard all the time to avoid losing my life."

He looked at Gu Chen with some greed: "I just secretly killed a few people to survive, and I was hunted everywhere. It's not like now, blood food is everywhere, wantonly and freely, being a good person is not as good as being a bad person, being a human is not as good as being a cunning person."

Gu Chen no longer looked at him, and silently adjusted his breath: "Sure enough, people's hearts are treacherous, this is true, he really deserves to die."

"You're so tough on the outside. I hope you'll be as tough on the outside when you kneel down and beg for mercy." Zhu Ming sneered. How could he have the courage to do that with such a small burden? After swallowing this monk, he would definitely go further.

"Wait until I beat you to death, and I will have a good talk with you when I face your corpse." Seeing that the little girl's injuries were gradually stabilizing, Gu Chen took off his clothes, tied the girl in his arms, and protected her with his magic power.

"Go ahead, kill him. Remember, hit that little burden. He wants to be a good person, so let him do it to his heart's content!" Zhu Ming didn't want to argue.

Hearing the command, all the strange creatures obeyed in unison and rushed forward in a disorderly manner to surround and kill Gu Chen.

A ray of white light appeared and pierced through Zhu Ming's chest. His ghostly body was pierced, and his entire body slowly dissipated from the big hole in his heart and turned into ashes.

Gu Chen held the white stick and sneered with a hint of anger.

(End of this chapter)